The plans of the Antwerp council to build a new district barely two kilometers from the chemical company 3M are met with disbelief from toxicologist Jacob de Boer. 'You don't want to expose future residents to excessively high concentrations of PFAS. You could only do it safely under a number of very strict conditions. The question is whether you are not unnecessarily seeking out problems.'
photo Simon Clement (Apache) The Antwerp council of mayor Bart De Wever (N-VA) wants project developer Ghelamco to develop a new city district on the Left Bank.